{"id":19186,"date":"2021-10-15T07:02:30","date_gmt":"2021-10-15T13:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.familyfuncalgary.com\/?p=19186"},"modified":"2023-09-27T08:50:34","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T14:50:34","slug":"keep-your-kids-occupied-halloween-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/calgary\/keep-your-kids-occupied-halloween-day\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Keep Your Kids Occupied on Halloween Day, Before Trick or Treating Begins!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>October 2021<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/vancouver\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vancouver<\/a> city editor, Lindsay Follett for this fun and helpful post! We have included Calgary references to help you this weekend!<\/p>\n<p>When Halloween falls on a school day, all is right with the world. When Halloween falls on a weekend\u2026 good luck parents! If your kids are anything like mine, the hours between wake-up and trick-or-treating are long and full of \u201cCan we go, yet?\u201d. In an effort to cling \u2013 with weakening fingernails \u2013 to my sanity, I\u2019ve come up with a checklist of ideas to occupy the kids during the daylight hours of October 31st. If you have more ideas to add to this list, please share them in the Comments section\u2026remember we are all in this parenting zoo together. Happy Halloween!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Decorate Pumpkins:<\/strong> I HATE decorating pumpkins. I possess no artistic skills. My best efforts could, at best, be compared to those of a 3-year-old. However, my kids love decorating pumpkins so this activity should keep them happy for 30 minutes or so. Check out all these fantastic\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.spookmaster.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pumpkin stencils<\/a>! If you like roasting pumpkin seeds, I learned a trick last year. Boil them first! Makes all the difference in the world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Take Part in\u00a0a Halloween Event Around Your City:<\/strong>\u00a0There are TONS of\u00a0events that\u00a0happen around Halloween in Calgary. Some of them have passed, but check out our top picks <a href=\"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/calgary\/calgary-family-friendly-halloween-events\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Halloween Guide<\/a> or our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/calgary\/category\/halloween\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Halloween category<\/a> for some ideas.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/vancouver\/ideas-for-halloween-morning\/ghostly-shepherds-pie\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-43340\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-43340 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/vancouver\/files\/2015\/10\/Ghostly-Shepherds-Pie-e1445879788882.jpg\" alt=\"Ghostly Shepherd's Pie for Halloween\" width=\"600\" height=\"408\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Plan a Spooky Meal:<\/strong>\u00a0I love to cook (it makes up for my non-craftiness in every other aspect of my life). A few years ago my mother-in-law sent me this great recipe:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.the-girl-who-ate-everything.com\/2012\/10\/spooky-shepherds-pie.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ghostly Shepherd\u2019s Pie<\/a>. Crazy easy and always a big hit! This year I\u2019m going to get the kids to help assemble the dinner (e.g chop carrots, whip the potatoes, sprinkle on the cheese). Again, I should be able to fill 30 minutes with this activity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch a Halloween Movie:<\/strong> Of course, I mean the kid-friendly Halloween movie, not chainsaw-ridiculousness that would have me hiding under the bed for eternity. Here&#8217;s\u00a0our\u00a0list of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/family-halloween-movies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">kid-friendly Halloween movies<\/a>\u2026 movies like Hocus Pocus\u00a0or Nightmare Before Christmas\u00a0are Halloween-esque and a good mid-afternoon activity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Explore Your Neighbourhood:<\/strong>\u00a0If your neighbourhood is anything like mine, there are plenty of Halloween decorations to make a family walk highly entertaining. If you have little ones who can spook easily, it might be a good idea to do a \u201cpractice\u201d trick-or-treat walk. Visit the houses in the daylight when they aren\u2019t nearly as spooky. If nothing else you might pick up a few ideas you want to implement in your own decorating next year.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/vancouver\/ideas-for-halloween-morning\/halloween-stories\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-43344\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-43344\" src=\"http:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/vancouver\/files\/2015\/10\/Halloween-stories-e1445880462866.jpg\" alt=\"Halloween stories\" width=\"600\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Visit the Library and Bring Home a Stash of Halloween Books:<\/strong>\u00a0Curling up on the couch and reading Halloween picture books are still a favourite for our kids. We own a number (that only come out at Halloween) and the kids can\u2019t stop pouring over them. The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/calgarylibrary.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Calgary Public Library<\/a>\u00a0has a huge collection of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/calgary.bibliocommons.com\/search?&amp;t=subject&amp;search_category=subject&amp;q=Halloween\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Halloween books<\/a>. A few favourites of mine are\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/Pumpkin-Cat-Anne-Mortimer\/dp\/006187485X\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pumpkin Cat<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/s\/ref=nb_sb_noss\/186-2424932-9767843?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&amp;field-keywords=Mole%27s+harvest+moon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mole\u2019s Harvest Moon<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/Halloween-Play-Felicia-Bond\/dp\/0060286849\/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1445877758&amp;sr=1-3&amp;keywords=The+Halloween+Play\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Halloween Play<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/Runaway-Published-Scholastic-Paperbacks-Paperback\/dp\/B00GGW22A2\/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1445877843&amp;sr=1-2&amp;keywords=the+runaway+pumpkin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Runaway Pumpkin<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/Haunted-House-That-Jack-Built\/dp\/0545985390\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1445877965&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=haunted+house+that+jack+built\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Haunted House that Jack Built<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Get Crafty<\/strong>\u00a0This idea is for the craft-inclined parents out there. I\u2019ll be honest there won\u2019t be crafting happening in my house; just the idea sends me into a mild panic. However, a quick check of \u201clovely\u201d Pinterest shows me there are many\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/jvanthul\/halloween-crafts-ideas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Halloween crafts<\/a> I could quickly convert into Pinterest fails. However, I must say, even the kids and I should be able to master <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/31454897374926231\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pumpkin Apple Stamps<\/a>. And while this isn\u2019t really a craft, I love the idea of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/31454897374926230\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pumpkin Tic-Tac-Toe<\/a>!<\/p>\n<h2>Happy Halloween!<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 2021 Thanks to our Vancouver city editor, Lindsay Follett for this fun and helpful post! 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